Cartridge



(No Model.)

T. F. EUSTACE.

CARTRIDGE. No. 488,627. Patented Dec.`27, 1892.-

Q' E @19j y i a@ f/ UNITED STATES THOMAS FifEUsTAoE, or sT. LOUIS,Missoual.

PATENT OFFICE.

` CARTRIDGE.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,627, dated December27, 1892.

' Application tiled May 7,1892. 1Serial No. 432.219. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. EUsTAcE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at St.

Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented Va new and usefulImprovement 'in Loading a Shotgun for 'Hunting Purposes; and I do-liereby declarethatthe vfollowing is a full,

pelletsl' leave the barrel, spread or scatter them to such a degreeas'to give an unsatisyfactory, result and cause the singlev pelletsthrough their extreme lightness to fall at a 4 short distance from thegun.

The object ol? my invention is to concen- "trate or hold the pelletstogether until the distance desired by the marksman is reached V and tospread at that point.

` AAnother object of my invention is to regnlate the distance at whichthe pellets should se arate.

p o carry my invention into eect I press a pece'of vellum linen or anyother suitable material into the ,shape as shown in' letterAAe-#Figure-f-IL This I till to within a short distance fromthe edgewith pellets of any de; sired size, as shown in letter B-Fig.l. I thenforce down on these pellets a circular wad as shown in .letter C-Fig.1which forces the pouch to retain a spherical shape. I nowforce over thepouch A and encir clingth wad C the ring Fig-2 as shown in Fig-3. Thisring, as shown in Fig- 3 acts as my concentrator as it will-not per mitthe pouch. to open until the ring has through t-heresistance of the airbeen stripped oi. It also increases the velocity and rangeA ofthe`-projectile, as the pellets being in a compaot mass the projectilethrough its weight yJanet affected by the atmospheric resistanceothesame extent that the light and separated pellets are subject to.

, I regulate the spreading of the pellets in the A following mannerz-IfI desire to shoot at a gun to carry one hundred and fty yards I place asecond ringimmediately before the rst one, as shown in Fig-4 which takesthe position of the rst ring after that ring has been stripped off.Should I desire a still greater range I slip on a third ring, as shownin Fig-5. This range Ican still increase by slipping on a fourth ring asshown in Fig-6. By the 'use of these rings I claim that the result is anincrease in the velocity, force, range and accuracy. This ringed pouchor receptacle, as above described,ean be forced down on a charge ofpowder into a muzzle loading shot-gun, or can be used in connec tionwith breech loading shot-guns, by loading it into a shell or powderchamber.

I am aware that prior to my inventionreceptacles for balls intended foruse with ri des and pistols have been made, I therefore do not claimsuch a combination broadly; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,isz- 1. A shot-cartridge having a case provided with a series of bands,said bands being separately removable at the forward end of thecartridge, and adapted, when the cartridge is tired, to dropsuccessively, and independently of each other, from the rear end of thecartridge, substantially as described.

2. A shot-cartridge having a case provided with aseries of bands, saidbands being of uniform diameter, and arranged successively upon thecartridge, `but independently of each other, and the forwardone or onesof said bands being attachable to and removable from the cartridge atthe forward end there of, substantially as described.

3. 4A shot-cartridge case consisting of a shell, a ring or band attachedto said shell at the base thereof, and one or more rings or bands whichcan be attached to or removed from the case by slipping them ontb oroiithe case at the forward end, thereof, substantially as described.

4. A shot-cartridge case containing in its construction a shell and oneor more detachv.distance of one hundred yards the ring described andshown in Fig-3 acts sunlable, encircling, bands, said bands encirclingsaid shell independently of each other and.

Acientl-y as a concentrator. Should I wish the 5o.

held in place thereon by means of a shoulder i base-end of the shell,substantially as deat the baseend of the shell, substantially asscribed.

described. r ,-1 1

5. A shot-cartridge case combining in its THOMAS F. ELSIACE 5construction a. shell and a detachable band- Witnew:

or ring, said band or ring being held in place -JOSEPH WHITAKER, uponsaid case by means of a shoulder at the I GUSTAYE C. KLEINECKE.

